marquess

Noun

Meaning

A marquis.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

marquis lord aristocrat peer nobleman marchioness duke baron duchess countess marquise lady viscount lordship noble
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Antonyms

lord princess lady man letter peasant
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Hypernyms

lord noble peer nobleman

Related terms

march marquise marchioness marquisate

Phrases with the word

Marquess of Queensbury rules Marquess of Queensberry rules

Examples

Alec Douglas-Home resigned from his peerages days after becoming Prime Minister in 1963, and the last Prime Minister before him from the Lords left in 1902 (the Marquess of Salisbury ). Source: Internet

A woman with the rank of a marquess, or the wife of a marquess, is called a marchioness main citation in Great Britain and Ireland or a marquise main elsewhere in Europe. Source: Internet

As the marquess of Winchester said of himself, he was sprung from the willow rather than the oak, and he was not the man to suffer for convictions. Source: Internet

City status was awarded as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Queen Victoria, being signified in a letter from the prime minister, the Marquess of Salisbury to the mayor, dated 18 June 1897. Source: Internet

Burghley House (1555–1587), seat of the Marquess of Exeter, hereditary Lord Paramount of Peterborough Coupled with vast local clay deposits, the railway enabled large-scale brick-making and distribution to take place. Source: Internet

But on 1 August the rebels were defeated by an army led by the Marquess of Northampton who had been sent by the government to suppress the uprising. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

marquesate Marquesian Marquesic Marquess of Queensberry rules Marquess of Queensbury rules marquessate